Florian lebel



(No Medal.)

'F. LEBEL.

. HUB ATTAGHING DEVICE. No. 545,126. Patented Aug. 27,1895.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'545,126, dated August27, 1895. Applicatio fi e April 15, 1893. Renewed July 5, 1895 SerialNo. 555,026. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLORIAN LEBEL, of the city of Montreal, in thedistrict of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have, inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hub-Attaching Devices; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

This invention relates to the means used for holding the wheels in placeupon the journ ale of the axle, and has for its object to so constructsuch parts that it will at all times be a simple and easy matter toremove and replace same, as well as to efiect a tight joint and to takeup any wear of the parts.

To these ends my invention consists in the use of a nut made in twoparts and hinged together, so as by opening and closing to be readilyfitted over the axle and turned into screw-threaded connection with thehub-box, the usual ring or collar located externally of such nut havingan inner beveled surface adapted to bear upon a correspondingly-beveledsurface on the outside of the nut, and by some additional turning serveto take up any looseness or slack between the two halves of the nut andthe screwthreads of the nut and Y the hub-box.

For full comprehension, however, of the invention reference must be hadto the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichlike symbols indicate corresponding parts, and wherein- Figure l is apart view of the axle proper, journal portion, and means for holding thehub-sleeve in place, such means and the hubsleeve being shown partly insection. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line as ac, Fig. 1, and Fig.3 a separate detail interior view of the nut in its open position.

A is the axle proper, and B the inner portion of the journal.

0 is the usual hub-box slipped on the journal and held in place by meansof a nut, which in this case is shown formed of two halves or segments DD, hinged together at one side or end by knuckles d d and pin or rivet(Z and having their opposite free ends respectively of male and femaleformation, so as to effect a locking against lateral movement after theyhave been brought together. The nut has the usual flange portion Ddividing the planesurfaced portion e from the screw-threaded partf, andthe corner formed by such flange D and plane-surfaced portion 8, insteadof being, as usually, rectangular, is obtuse, to afford a beveled orinclined annular section on surface g.

h is the usual ring or collar, having an inner flange It at one side andscrew-threaded to take onto the hub-box C, screw-threaded in an oppositedirection to that of the thread on the nut, exteriorly to correspond,the inner edge It of the flange being beveled to correspond also withthe inclined surface g of the nut. The ring it has the usual recess h init to receive any suitable instrument for removing the same.

By my invention a nut is produced which can be easily set in place orremoved at will after the axle has been connected with thecarriage-body, and, since its parts are unal terable laterally in theirrelation to each other, the screw-threads, when the parts are closed,are certain to coincide. lhe respective beveled surfaces g and 7c serveto secure a very close connection of the free ends of the 'nut and makesit practically solid.

WVhat I claim is as follows:

1. In combination with an axle or the like and parts to be held in placethereon of a screw-threaded nut with uniform inner periphery formed insections having interlocking ends, as set forth.

2. In combination with an axle or the like and parts to be held in placethereon, of a screw-threaded nut with uniform inner periphery formed insections and hinged together as set forth.

3. In combination with an axle or the like and parts to be held in placethereon, of a screw-threaded nut with uniform inner periphery formed insections and hinged together, and means externally of such nut.forpressing the parts thereof closely together as set forth.

l. In combination with the journal of an axle or the like, and the hubbox carried thereby, of a nut formed in two parts hinged together andhaving a screw threaded portion to take into a correspondingscrew-threaded portion of such hub box, as set forth.

5. In combination with the journal of an axle or the like and the hubbox carried thereby, of a nut formed in two parts hinged together havinga screw threaded portion to take into a corresponding screw-threaded portion of such hub box, and a ring adapted to encircle and compress theparts of said nuts closely together and also screw threaded to take ontoa corresponding screw-threaded portion of said hub box, as set forth.

6. The not formed in two parts hinged together and having plane surfacedand screw threaded portions as set forth.

7. The combination of the not formed in two parts hinged together andhaving plane surfaced and screw'threaded portions and a

